Guest speaker Bill McDonald discusses the cmi5 spec for xAPI and LMS use. Bill provides a clean, simple description of cmi5 while he combats the hype and Tom’s leading questions like, “is cmi5 really a better AICC than AICC, a better SCORM than SCORM, and a better xAPI than xAPI?” Avron gets answers about content launching and reporting. Along the way we share insights, insider jokes and helpful references for the curious.

cmi5 is a "profile" for using the xAPI specification with traditional learning management (LMS) systems.

Since the xAPI specification is highly generalized to support many different use cases, a set of "extra rules" (called a "profile") is needed to ensure interoperability for a given use case. The cmi5 profile ensures plug and play interoperability between learning content and LMS systems.

The use case that the cmi5 profile is specifically designed for is one where the learner launches the learning content/activity from the LMS user interface.

]]>Guest speaker Bill McDonald discusses the cmi5 spec for xAPI and LMS use. Bill provides a clean, simple description of cmi5 while he combats the hype and Tom’s leading questions like, “is cmi5 really a better AICC than AICC, a better SCORM than SCORM, and a better xAPI than xAPI?” Avron gets answers about content launching and reporting. Along the way we share insights, insider jokes and helpful references for the curious.

cmi5 is a "profile" for using the xAPI specification with traditional learning management (LMS) systems.

Since the xAPI specification is highly generalized to support many different use cases, a set of "extra rules" (called a "profile") is needed to ensure interoperability for a given use case. The cmi5 profile ensures plug and play interoperability between learning content and LMS systems.

The use case that the cmi5 profile is specifically designed for is one where the learner launches the learning content/activity from the LMS user interface.

During this recess: Training & Learning Architecture (TLA), an attempt to integrate more complex edtech/elearning ecosystems in a post-SCORM world. TLA reflects the need for more than “an LMS and content tools” as we work and learn in a more performance-oriented, collaborative, social, immersive, and mobile modern world.

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]]>During this recess: Training & Learning Architecture (TLA), an attempt to integrate more complex edtech/elearning ecosystems in a post-SCORM world. TLA reflects the need for more than “an LMS and content tools” as we work and learn in a more performance-oriented, collaborative, social, immersive, and mobile modern world.

See all the show notes and add your comments at http://erecess.net or reach us on twitter @eLearningRecess

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LINKS (in Bold)xAPI Camps, Presentations, and xAPI General InformationxAPI Quarterly a great place to watch for the next xAPI camp or general news relating to xAPI.MakingBetter Aaron Silvers and Megan Bowe connect and contribute to the global xAPI community, and often facilitate xAPI camps.

Textastic - Amazing code editor for iOS. Syntax highlighting and code completion as good or better than desktop tools. Fantastic companion to Working copy. Be sure to get Textastic 6- it's worth the $10.

Backblaze - Simple, reliable, affordable off-site back-up. This service has saved the bacon of carnivores and herbivores alike.

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Adobe Flash - History (Wikipedia)More information on the evolution of Flash from the Pen Computing platform at FutureSplash through to Macromedia and the current Adobe offerings.

Jonathan Gay (Wikipedia)Original developer of Flash, along with Robert Tatsumi. Jonathan’s innovations included introducing Flash video and communication capabilities.

CNET - "The Death of Flash is Lingering, Not Sudden"Correction to podcast statements, that referenced this article; it was NOT 26% of top 500 sites. The correct quote is: “Though Flash has steadily declined in usage, the technology is still common. On the 482,000 websites the HTTP Archive monitors, 21 percent still use Flash as of mid-November [2015].”

Microservices Architecture/Design Pattern (Wikipedia)"Microservices is a software design pattern or architecture style in which complex applications are composed of small, independent processes communicating with each other using language-agnostic APIs. These services are small, highly decoupled and focus on doing a small task, facilitating a modular approach to system-building."

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In late November of 2015 Adobe announced that Flash Creative Cloud will become Animate CC. Avron and Tom provide background on how and why Flash became so important for elearning. Finally they wrap-up with thoughts on HTML5 and what is next.

Adobe Flash - History (Wikipedia)More information on the evolution of Flash from the Pen Computing platform at FutureSplash through to Macromedia and the current Adobe offerings.

Jonathan Gay (Wikipedia)Original developer of Flash, along with Robert Tatsumi. Jonathan’s innovations included introducing Flash video and communication capabilities.

CNET - "The Death of Flash is Lingering, Not Sudden"Correction to podcast statements, that referenced this article; it was NOT 26% of top 500 sites. The correct quote is: “Though Flash has steadily declined in usage, the technology is still common. On the 482,000 websites the HTTP Archive monitors, 21 percent still use Flash as of mid-November [2015].”

Microservices Architecture/Design Pattern (Wikipedia)"Microservices is a software design pattern or architecture style in which complex applications are composed of small, independent processes communicating with each other using language-agnostic APIs. These services are small, highly decoupled and focus on doing a small task, facilitating a modular approach to system-building."

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